Meghan Markle should visit her
father Thomas who has been hospitalized with a stroke but is not currently in
contact with him, a royal expert has claimed.
Tom Bower, an investigative
journalist who is currently working on a biography of the Duchess, 40, told
Good Morning Britain today that he spoke to Thomas Markle over the weekend.
Mr. Markle, 77, a former TV
lighting director, is reportedly in a clinic in Chula Vista, California, a few
hours’ drive away from the Montecito home Meghan shares with husband Harry, 37,
and their two children Archie, three, and Lilibet, 11 months.
Mr. Bower told hosts Richard
Madeley and Susanna Reid that it is unknown whether Meghan will make the trip
to see her father, who has reportedly been left unable to speak following the
stroke.
It is not yet known whether
Meghan Markle, 40, pictured here with Thomas, 77, will visit her father
following reports he suffered a stroke
Royal author Tom Bower said: “If
we knew what she was going to do, that would be terrific. But what we do know
is that Meghan has always said that she’s a very compassionate person. And if
compassion was at all necessary right now, it would mean she would go to her
father’s bedside, about two and a half hours’ drive south of where she lives,
and give him some comfort and reassurance. We wait to see what happens.”
He added: “We know she has not
[made any contact]. There has not been any contact since just before the
wedding day – other than the famous letter. “
Discussing the senior Markle’s
feelings about the rift between him and Meghan, Mr. Bower said: “He’s very
upset … because of course, he was a very loving father to Megan and supported
her throughout her childhood when her mother was not there. And he paid for her
student fees too. He is very upset that he has not been able to see his
grandchildren. “
Mr. Bower also discussed Mr.
Markle’s plans to come to London for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June.
He said: “Although he told me
that he was coming to see the Queen, I really think he was also hoping to see
Megan and to see his grandchildren.”
Thomas Markle, who has
suffered a stroke that has left him hospitalized, is upset about the rift with
his daughter Meghan, according to royal author Tom Bower.
Prince Harry and Meghan
Markle, pictured at Global Citizen Live in New York in September 2021, live in
Montecito, just a few hours drives from the California clinic Thomas Markle is
in
Mr. Markle was admitted to a hospital in Tijuana, Mexico yesterday, before being transferred to the
California clinic.
A video, which was shared by
US gossip outlet TMZ showed him on a stretcher flanked by paramedics, with a
pale face and one hand on his chest.
Mr. Markle’s daughter Samantha,
57, told MailOnline: ‘My father is recovering in hospital. We ask for privacy
for the family, for his health and wellbeing. He just needs peace and rest.
‘Godspeed. We are praying. He
just needs some rest.
